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Kayla Murphy; Keri Giordano; Tanaysha Deloach – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a mandatory shift from in-person instruction to online learning for many young children. Teachers needed to adjust to virtual teaching, children were isolated from their peers, and parents played a bigger role in learning during the pandemic. In 2021, the shift back to in-person learning occurred. Research has…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
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Crawford, April; Vaughn, Kelly A.; Guttentag, Cathy L.; Varghese, Cheryl; Oh, Yoonkyung; Zucker, Tricia A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted early childhood programs serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in dramatic ways. After temporarily closing, many educators quickly adapted their procedures to ensure children's safety as they reopened to provide childcare for essential workers and then the community at large. This manuscript reports on…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Quality
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Hamilton, Michelle; Liu, Ting; ElGarhy, Sayed – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between motor competence and BMI in Hispanic preschool children from low SES backgrounds. One hundred and forty-eight Hispanic low SES preschool children (male = 81, female = 67 participated in this study. All children were measured on gross and fine motor competence using the Peabody…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Psychomotor Skills, Low Income Groups, Hispanic American Students
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Hernandez, Amanda Martinez; Caçola, Priscila – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Research has shown links between motor proficiency and cognition in school-age children, however, few have explored earlier ages. We aimed to determine the association between motor proficiency and cognitive ability in four-year-olds. Motor and cognitive skills were examined in 32 (15 males, 17 females) four-year-olds (±5.59 months) using the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cognitive Ability, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development